气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc) syn 正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) 气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation 朝气蓬勃 朝氣蓬勃 zhāo qì péng bó full of youthful energy (idiom) / vigorous / energetic / a bright spark syn 付出 fù chū to pay / to expend / to invest (energy or time) syn 节能 節能 jié néng to conserve energy / to minimize energy consumption syn 太阳能 太陽能 tài yáng néng solar energy 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 总能 總能 zǒng néng total energy 献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) syn 能耗 néng hào energy consumption 电能 電能 diàn néng electrical energy 热能 熱能 rè néng heat energy syn 动能 動能 dòng néng kinetic energy 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 原子能 yuán zǐ néng atomic energy 经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic syn 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 高能 gāo néng high energy 正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) 可再生能源 kě zài shēng néng yuán renewable energy 核能 hé néng nuclear energy syn 能效 néng xiào energy efficiency 精神抖擞 精神抖擻 jīng shén dǒu sǒu spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio syn 能源网 néng yuán wǎng Network on Energy 一鼓作气 一鼓作氣 yī gǔ zuò qì in a spurt of energy syn 下工夫 xià gōng fu to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts syn 枉费 枉費 wǎng fèi to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain syn 耗能 hào néng to consume energy 光能 guāng néng light energy (e.g. solar) 守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) 红牛 紅牛 hóng niú Red Bull (energy drink) 内能 內能 nèi néng internal energy 余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn 能源安全 néng yuán ān quán energy security 能源消费 能源消費 néng yuán xiāo fèi energy consumption 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 势能 勢能 shì néng potential energy syn 能源需求 néng yuán xū qiú energy requirements 储能 儲能 chǔ néng energy storage 能级 能級 néng jí energy level 机械能 機械能 jī xiè néng mechanical energy 低耗 dī hào low consumption (energy, fuel etc) 化学能 化學能 huà xué néng chemical energy 辐射能 輻射能 fú shè néng radiation energy (e.g. solar) 能量守恒定律 能量守恆定律 néng liàng shǒu héng dìng lǜ the law of conservation of energy 同化作用 tóng huà zuò yòng assimilation / anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) 一次能源 yī cì néng yuán primary energy 二次能源 èr cì néng yuán secondary energy 可再生能源和能效伙伴关系 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership 能量平衡 energy balance / energy budget 能量结算 energy balance / energy budget 能量预算 energy balance / energy budget 全球能源效益和可再生能源基金 Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund 能源共同体条约 Treaty establishing the Energy Community / Energy Community Treaty 合理使用能源奖励制度 hé lǐ shǐ yòng néng yuán jiǎng lì zhì duó Incentive System for the Rational Use of Energy System of Incentives for the Rational Use of Energy on a Regional Basis 能源宪章能源效率和有关环境问题议定书 Energy Charter Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects 原子能机构聚变能会议 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference / Fusion Energy Conference; 为和平目的使用核能 use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes / peaceful uses of nuclear energy 面向小型能源用户的能源筹资服务 面向小型能源用戶的能源籌資服務 Financing Energy Services for Small-scale Energy-users 能源路线 néng yuán lù xiàn energy path / energy strategy 能源战略 néng yuán zhàn lüè energy path / energy strategy 净能源 淨能源 jìng néng yuán energy returned on energy invested 能源产出与能源投入的比率 能源產出與能源投入的比率 energy returned on energy invested 生物能量转化 生物能量轉化 bio-conversion / biological energy conversion / photobiological energy conversion 光生物能量转化 光生物能量轉化 bio-conversion / biological energy conversion / photobiological energy conversion 能源和可持续发展专题信托基金 能源和可持續發展專題信托基金 Thematic Trust Fund on Energy for Sustainable Development / Thematic Trust Fund on Energy 能源专题信托基金 能源專題信托基金 néng yuán zhuān tí xìn tuō jī jīn Thematic Trust Fund on Energy for Sustainable Development / Thematic Trust Fund on Energy 氢能源 氫能源 qīng néng yuán hydrogen energy (energy derived from using hydrogen as a fuel) 乏燃料 fá rán liào (nuclear energy) spent fuel 乏燃料棒 fá rán liào bàng (nuclear energy) spent fuel rods 国际原子能机构 國際原子能機構 guó jì yuán zǐ néng jī gòu International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 国际原子能结构 國際原子能結構 guó jì yuán zǐ néng jié gòu International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 美国能源部 美國能源部 měi guó néng yuán bù US Department of Energy (DOE) 日本原子能研究所 rì běn yuán zǐ néng yán jiū suǒ Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute 中国国家原字能机构 中國國家原字能機構 zhōng guó guó jiā yuán zì néng jī gòu China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA) 能源危机 能源危機 néng yuán wēi jī energy crisis 中国国家原子能机构 中國國家原子能機構 zhōng guó guó jiā yuán zǐ néng jī gòu China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA) 兆电子伏 兆電子伏 zhào diàn zǐ fú mega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules) 再生能源 zài shēng néng yuán renewable energy source 合成代谢 合成代謝 hé chéng dài xiè anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) / assimilation 吉电子伏 吉電子伏 jí diàn zǐ fú giga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁰ joules) 喜则气缓 喜則氣緩 xǐ zé qì huǎn joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM) 地热能 地熱能 dì rè néng geothermal energy 娇惰 嬌惰 jiāo duò pampered and lazy / indolent / without energy 巴拉迪 bā lā dí Mohamed ElBaradei (1942-), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997-2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 正邪相争 正邪相爭 zhèng xié xiāng zhēng term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] 海洋温差发电 海洋溫差發電 hǎi yáng wēn chā fā diàn ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) 